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Album: Wire — Silver/Lead
Wire's latest record is another excellent example of what they've always done — being impressively odd, writes Jacob Bernard-Banton
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Tracks of the week: 10th April
Harry Styles' baffling and bombastic solo debut leads our round-up of the week's new releases
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Album: Solange - A Seat at the Table
Her sister may have beaten her to the finish line, but Solange Knowles’ effort is more cohesive and understated
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Festival review: Dot to Dot 2016
Run-of-the-mill guitar bands are the order of the day at this year’s Dot to Dot, but minor indie gems and slap-bass soul provide some much-needed respite
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Review: Jessy Lanza – Oh No
Never one to be ostentatious, Jessy Lanza's subtle second album flirts with R&B and Chicago house on a brilliant pop album that leans towards the dancefloor
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The Thermals – We Disappear
We've come to expect strong punk-pop songwriting from the Thermals, but their seventh record's cumbersome 90s emo revival is lacklustre and very forgettable
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Album review: Yeasayer – Amen & Goodbye
No closer to the kind of success their peers have enjoyed, Yeasayer's latest sees confusion stand in for cohesion
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Ladytronica: The forgotten females of electronic music
Electronic music can seem like a bit of a boy's club, but there have always been women involved. The tide is surely turning
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Record label feature: Opal Tapes
Started in the small, unassuming town of Redcar, North Yorkshire, Stephen Bishop’s cassette label Opal Tapes is a kind of mecca for off-kilter electronic music
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Record reappraisal: Virgo Four – Virgo
Virgo Four's version of Chicago house was always a little more offbeat and introverted than their peers, but it was just as futuristic and innovative
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Album: Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
Kanye West's much-anticipated and flawed seventh album The Life of Pablo will delight and piss off in equal measure. But it wouldn't be a Kanye West album if it didn't piss off…
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Live: Hinds
Hinds' charming, rip-roaring garage-rock revivalism had the audience in Gorilla right in the palms of their hands